Washboiler



H. SCHWANENBERG.

WASHBOILER, WASHING MACHINE, AND STERILIZEB.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-8,1918.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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iii n o g u o u 1/ o n o o H. SCHWANENBERG.

WASHBOILER, WASHING MACHINE, AND STERILIZER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-8.1918.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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ATTQRNEY I Illllllllilllillflll HERMANN SCHWANENBERG, 0F TOMPKINSVILLE, NEW YORK.

WASHBOILER, WASHING-MACHINE, AND STERILIZEB.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pa,tented NOV. 11, 1919.

Application filed October 8, 1918. Serial No. 257,412.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMANN SCHWAN- ENBERG, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Tompkinsville, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful \Vashboiler, ashing-Machine, and Sterilizer, of which the following is a specification, the same being a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to devices operated manually or by power for cleansing garments, fabrics or other material, and in particular to an apparatus in which the articles to be washed are boiled and periodically thrown in different directions "and thus compressed and pounded, and also treated, by the proper and thorough forced circulation of steam and liquid charged with a detergent therethrough, so as to be rendered free from living germs, and also thoroughly freed from all foreign or extraneous matter.

To attain the desired end, the invention consists in a device of the class described, simple inconstruction, economical to manufacture and also eflicient and durable in practical use.

The invention involved is capable of being set forth in a variety of mechanical embodiments, one of which, forthe purpose of illustrating the same, is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation,

partly in section, of one example of a de vice constructed according to my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same,

Fig. 3 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 33 Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a partial longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in both the views.'

Referring particularly to the drawings, 10 denotes the body of the washboiler or outer receptacle which may inclose the clothes container 19, and which receptacle may have a cover 11 and handles 13, the said cover preferably having a bead 12 formed at the lower edge thereof which may rest in bearings 32 located at the upper edge of the receptacle 10, at which point the cover 26 and at the other extremity a handle or crank arm 29.

The gear 25 is carried by or may be secured to a spider 17 attached to a flanged ring 18, the horizontal portion of which last named part sustains the central hollow shaft or cylinder 14, and the vertical part of the same serving, in connection with the spider 17, to support the concentric rotatable cylinder or casing 19, which may have a preferably corrugated cover 20 held to the cylinder by wing nuts 31 if desired.

The hollow shaft 14 may be formed with perforations 15, and the cylinder 19 may also have rows of perforations 30, the latter being preferably arranged in staggered or-' der, as well as those of the hollow shaft if desired, several series of rows of orifices being thus provided which are ordinarily spaced from each other.

The hollow shaft 14 is also perforated, as stated, and provided with a partition or baflie plate 16 located at or near the center thereof, and the cylinder 19 may have one or more radial longitudinally disposed boards or partitions 2-1 extending from the preferably corrugated circumference of the same toward the center thereof. A curved partition 2? lies between the cylinder 19 and the body 10 of the outer receptacle and extends below .the axis of thehollow shaft.

In operation, the crank arm 29, which operates the spider 17 and consequently the cylinder 19, through the gears 26 and 2'5, may be turned alternately in opposite directions two or three times, whereupon the partition or board 21 of the cylinder will compress or pound the clothes by throwing the same periodically in diflerent directions alternately, according to the direction of travel of the cylinder. Meanwhile the boiling water in the body of the receptacle 1O will enter the cylinder through the orifices I 30, and the steam emer 'ng from the upper perforations ,30 will e directed by the curvedpartition 22 into the spider and hollow shaft, and striking against the bafiie 16 will pass out of the perforations l5 of' the hollow shaft into the clothes cylinder 19 again thereby establishing a continuous circulation through all of the clothes contained in the latter, whereby the steam and boiling liquid charged with the detergent Will be constantly forced against and through new and different portions of the said garments until the latter become sterilized and thoroughly freed from all foreign or extraneous matter.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the particular use or the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to persons skilled in the art.

What I claim as my invention is In a device of the class described, a rotatable cylindrical casing to contain clothes treated by boiling water and steam and having devices to engage the clothes, perforations formed in the cylinder, an inclosing receptacle to contain boiling water and steam and adapted to support the cylinder,

' a perforated hollow shaft contained in the cylinder, a partition lying below said hollow shaft and extending between the receptacle and cylinder to prevent the steam escaping from the cylinder from passing below the ends of the cylinder, whereby steam rising through the apertures at the top of the cylinder is vconducted to the hollow shaft and thence into the cylinder again to establish a continuously repeated circulation thereof through the clothes, and means to move the cylinder in a rotary direction.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same in the city of New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 20th day of September, 1918.

HERMANN SCHWANENBERG.

Witnesses:

ROB. SCHWARZ, J NO. FOWLER. 

